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anybody?

 

 

Well its pretty self explanatory, people on here can correct me if im wrong, but just put 1/3rd in the brake booster hose, 1.5oz per qrt of oil in the oil, and go ahead and put the rest or 1/3rd a can in the gas tank.

 

This is how I did it:

1. put in oil

2. put in gas

3. start truck and let warm to running temp

4. pull the brake booster hose and slowly dump SF in (have someone in the truck so not to kill the engine, also mine wanted to surge when I put it in so when it does that just put your thumb over the hose hole until it settles down.)

5. Once its all in the hose turn the truck off and let sit for bout 30 mins.

6. Start the truck and give it some throttle and enjoy the smoke show!

 

Just youtube seafoam, I remember seeing some good walk throughs on there if you need some videos.

 

Does that help?

 

anybody?

 

 

Well its pretty self explanatory, people on here can correct me if im wrong, but just put 1/3rd in the brake booster hose, 1.5oz per qrt of oil in the oil, and go ahead and put the rest or 1/3rd a can in the gas tank.

 

This is how I did it:

1. put in oil

2. put in gas

3. start truck and let warm to running temp

4. pull the brake booster hose and slowly dump SF in (have someone in the truck so not to kill the engine, also mine wanted to surge when I put it in so when it does that just put your thumb over the hose hole until it settles down.)

5. Once its all in the hose turn the truck off and let sit for bout 30 mins.

6. Start the truck and give it some throttle and enjoy the smoke show!

 

Just youtube seafoam, I remember seeing some good walk throughs on there if you need some videos.

 

Does that help?

 

 

Oops i forgot to say that you should change your oil after about 50 miles or so!!!!

Mossyoakglock Senior Enthusiast

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Another possible location would be the hose that runs from the back of the driver's side valve cover up to the top middle of the intake manifold. I would think that would get the Seafoam to the majority of the motor.

 

Please correct me if this would not be a suitable location to do this.

chakis24 Senior Enthusiast

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Well its pretty self explanatory, people on here can correct me if im wrong, but just put 1/3rd in the brake booster hose, 1.5oz per qrt of oil in the oil, and go ahead and put the rest or 1/3rd a can in the gas tank.

 

This is how I did it:

1. put in oil

2. put in gas

3. start truck and let warm to running temp

4. pull the brake booster hose and slowly dump SF in (have someone in the truck so not to kill the engine, also mine wanted to surge when I put it in so when it does that just put your thumb over the hose hole until it settles down.)

5. Once its all in the hose turn the truck off and let sit for bout 30 mins.

6. Start the truck and give it some throttle and enjoy the smoke show!

 

Just youtube seafoam, I remember seeing some good walk throughs on there if you need some videos.

 

Does that help?

 

Oops i forgot to say that you should change your oil after about 50 miles or so!!!!

 

 

thanks. i guess my main question is which one is the brake booster? i think i know which one it is, but i want to make sure. sorry if i sound like a newb- but i dont like being unsure. i think its the hose in the top right corner

 

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Well its pretty self explanatory, people on here can correct me if im wrong, but just put 1/3rd in the brake booster hose, 1.5oz per qrt of oil in the oil, and go ahead and put the rest or 1/3rd a can in the gas tank.

 

This is how I did it:

1. put in oil

2. put in gas

3. start truck and let warm to running temp

4. pull the brake booster hose and slowly dump SF in (have someone in the truck so not to kill the engine, also mine wanted to surge when I put it in so when it does that just put your thumb over the hose hole until it settles down.)

5. Once its all in the hose turn the truck off and let sit for bout 30 mins.

6. Start the truck and give it some throttle and enjoy the smoke show!

 

Just youtube seafoam, I remember seeing some good walk throughs on there if you need some videos.

 

Does that help?

 

Oops i forgot to say that you should change your oil after about 50 miles or so!!!!

 

 

thanks. i guess my main question is which one is the brake booster? i think i know which one it is, but i want to make sure. sorry if i sound like a newb- but i dont like being unsure. i think its the hose in the top right corner

 

48031486.jpg

 

 

Yes that would be it. Your brake booster is right behind your master cylinder and the hose comes right out of the brake booster. When you pull that hose from the booster and start the truck there will be a vacuum

chakis24 Senior Enthusiast

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Yes that would be it. Your brake booster is right behind your master cylinder and the hose comes right out of the brake booster. When you pull that hose from the booster and start the truck there will be a vacuum

 

 

thanks for the help. im gonna try this soon.

Wolfmanjohn Enthusiast

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I always go by the old rule, the best oil additive is no oil additive.

 

 

Strange; that seems to be my philosophy as well. GM seems to like it, too.

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Well I changed the oil my car that had been seafoamed. I added 8 ounces to the engine oil and then sucked the other half of the can through the brake booster and ran the car 650 miles. I was planning on running the car 1,000 miles with the seafoam in the oil but the car was really starting to sound like crap and I had a very nice day yesterday to change the oil.

The oil came out blacker than I have ever seen it, looked pretty thin and watery too. I have one of the magnetic tipped oil drain bolts and the tip was covered in a dark gray sludge which almost looked like anti-seize compound. I am guessing this was a mixture of metal shavings and sludge. The oil filter in my car for this oil change interval was a purolator pure1 which looked pretty good but had a good coating of very fine, black grit on the media, which again, I had not seen before. Keep in mind I have been changing the oil in this car since 2004/30,000 miles and it now has 100,000 on it.

After the oil change was complete I lightly brushed off the dirt and re-oiled the k&N air filter this car has. I started the car and let it idle for a few minutes before backing it off the ramps. The engine sounded much, much better, being quieter and smoother. I checked the oil again it was still nice and yellow so I am guessing I got most of the old oil and contaminates out during the drain.

I was surprised how well the seafoam seemed to soften the sludge. In a relatively short time (650 miles) it seemed to remove quite a bit of garbage inside the engine. Nothing bad happened to the engine and it does seem to be running better now. All this being said, I recommend this treatment if you think your engine needs it. Seafoam has been out a long time and I don't think it would be so popular if it didnt work, go for it!

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